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Union Calendar No. 129

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2861

[Report No. 108–235] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 

and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 

commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2003

Mr. WALSH, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2004, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
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1 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 

2 Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 

3 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis4 cal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other pur5 poses, namely:

6 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

7 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

8 COMPENSATION, PENSION ANDBURIAL BENEFITS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

11 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex12 aminations as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 

13 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or 

14 on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 

15 chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and bur16 ial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, 

17 adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of pre18 miums due on commercial life insurance policies guaran19 teed under the provisions of article IV of the Soldiers’ and 

20 Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 (50 U.S.C. App. 540 et 

21 seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 

22 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 

23 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 

24 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198), $29,845,127,000, to remain 

25 available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

26 $17,617,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
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1 ing shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ 

2 and ‘‘Medical services for priority 1–6 veterans’’ for nec3 essary expenses in implementing those provisions author4 ized in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, 

5 and in the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. 

6 chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding source for which 

7 is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation, pension and 

8 burial benefits’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such 

9 sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient 

10 basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical facilities revolving 

11 fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facili12 ties for nursing home care provided to pensioners as au13 thorized.

14 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

15 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

16 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law 

17 (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 

18 55, and 61), $2,529,734,000, to remain available until ex19 pended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation pro20 gram services and assistance which the Secretary is au21 thorized to provide under section 3104(a) of title 38, 

22 United States Code, other than under subsection (a)(1), 

23 (2), (5), and (11) of that section, shall be charged to this 

24 account. 
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1 VETERANS INSURANCE ANDINDEMNITIES

2 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

3 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet4 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

5 authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 

6 Stat. 487, $29,017,000, to remain available until ex7 pended.

8 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUNDPROGRAM

9 ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 

12 sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 

13 authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapters I–III, 

14 as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 

15 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

16 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 

17 Provided further, That during fiscal year 2004, within the 

18 resources available, not to exceed $300,000 in gross obli19 gations for direct loans are authorized for specially adapt20 ed housing loans, 38 U.S.C. 3711(i). 

21 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

22 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $154,850,000, 

23 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro24 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
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1 EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized 

4 by 38 U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such 

5 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

6 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

7 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds 

8 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin9 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,400. 

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

11 carry out the direct loan program, $70,000, which may 

12 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

13 ‘‘General operating expenses’’. 

14 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the cost of direct loans, $52,000, as authorized 

17 by 38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such 

18 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

19 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

20 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds made 

21 available under this heading are available to subsidize 

22 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 

23 not to exceed $3,938,000. 

24 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

25 carry out the direct loan program, $300,000, which may 
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1 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

2 ‘‘General operating expenses’’. 

3 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

7 loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub8 chapter V, as amended, $571,000, which may be trans9 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General 

10 operating expenses’’: Provided, That no new loans in ex11 cess of $40,000,000 may be made in fiscal year 2004. 

12 GUARANTEEDTRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR

13 HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 For the administrative expenses to carry out the 

15 guaranteed transitional housing loan program authorized 

16 by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter VI, not to exceed 

17 $350,000 of the amounts appropriated by this Act for 

18 ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical services for 

19 priority 1–6 veterans) may be expended. 

20 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

21 MEDICAL SERVICES FOR PRIORITY 1–6 VETERANS

22 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

23 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

24 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs other 

25 than veterans described in paragraphs (7) and (8) of sec26 tion 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including 
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1 care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction 

2 of the department and including medical supplies and 

3 equipment and salaries and expenses of health-care em4 ployees hired under title 38, United States Code, and aid 

5 to State homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, 

6 United States Code; $15,779,220,000, plus reimburse7 ments: Provided, That of the funds made available under 

8 this heading, not less than $200,000,000 is for the equip9 ment object classification, which amount shall not become 

10 available for obligation until August 1, 2004, and shall 

11 remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided fur12 ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 

13 not to exceed $700,000,000 shall be available until Sep14 tember 30, 2005. 

15 MEDICAL SERVICES FOR PRIORITY 7–8 VETERANS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

18 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

19 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs who 

20 are veterans described in paragraphs (7) and (8) of section 

21 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care 

22 and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of 

23 the Department and including medical supplies and equip24 ment and salaries and expenses of health-care employees 

25 hired under title 38, United States Code, and aid to State 

26 homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United 
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1 States Code; $2,164,000,000, plus reimbursements: Pro2 vided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 

3 $1,500,000,000 shall be derived from amounts deposited 

4 during the current fiscal year in the Department of Vet5 erans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund under section 

6 1729A of title 38, United States Code, and transferred 

7 to this account, to remain available until expended. 

8 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

9 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

10 medical and prosthetic research and development as au11 thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

12 to remain available until September 30, 2005, 

13 $408,000,000, plus reimbursements. 

14 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

17 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

18 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad19 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi20 ties; information technology hardware and software; uni21 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

22 5901–5902 of title 5, United States Code; and administra23 tive and legal expenses of the department for collecting 

24 and recovering amounts owed the department as author25 ized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and 

26 the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 
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1 et seq.); $4,854,000,000, of which $300,000,000 shall be 

2 available until September 30, 2005, plus reimbursements: 

3 Provided, That funds available under this heading may be 

4 transferred to ‘‘Medical Services for Priority 1–6 Vet5 erans’’ or to ‘‘Medical Services for Priority 7–8 Veterans’’ 

6 after notice of the amount and purpose of the transfer 

7 is provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

8 Senate and House of Representatives and a period of 30 

9 days has elapsed. 

10 MEDICAL FACILITIES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op13 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili14 ties and other necessary facilities for the Veterans Health 

15 Administration; for administrative expenses in support of 

16 planning, design, project management, real property ac17 quisition and disposition, construction and renovation of 

18 any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 

19 department; for oversight, engineering and architectural 

20 activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter21 ing, improving or providing facilities in the several hos22 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the department, 

23 not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the 

24 hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; 

25 for leases of facilities; and for laundry and food services, 

26 $4,000,000,000: Provided, That of the funds made avail-
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1 able under this heading, not less than $80,000,000 is for 

2 the land and structures object classification, which amount 

3 shall not become available for obligation until August 1, 

4 2004, and shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2005: Provided further, That funds available under this 

6 heading may be transferred to ‘‘Medical Services for Pri7 ority 1–6 Veterans’’ or to ‘‘Medical Services for Priority 

8 7–8 Veterans’’ after notice of the amount and purpose of 

9 the transfer is provided to the Committees on Appropria10 tions of the Senate and House of Representatives and a 

11 period of 30 days has elapsed. 

12 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

13 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

14 For necessary operating expenses of the Department 

15 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 

16 administrative expenses in support of department-wide 

17 capital planning, management and policy activities, uni18 forms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 

19 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas20 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 

21 Services Administration for security guard services, and 

22 the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas em23 ployee mail, $1,283,272,000: Provided, That expenses for 

24 services and assistance authorized under 38 U.S.C. 

25 3104(a)(1), (2), (5), and (11) that the Secretary deter-
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1 mines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the 

2 maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to ob3 tain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve 

4 maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged 

5 to this account: Provided further, That the Veterans Bene6 fits Administration shall be funded at not less than 

7 $1,005,000,000: Provided further, That of the funds made 

8 available under this heading, not to exceed $66,000,000 

9 shall be available for obligation until September 30, 2005: 

10 Provided further, That from the funds made available 

11 under this heading, the Veterans Benefits Administration 

12 may purchase up to two passenger motor vehicles for use 

13 in operations of that Administration in Manila, Phil14 ippines: Provided further, That travel expenses for this ac15 count shall not exceed $17,082,000. 

16 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

17 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad18 ministration for operations and maintenance, not other19 wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there20 for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 

21 of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper22 ations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

23 $144,223,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2005. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978, as amended, $61,750,000, to remain 

5 available until September 30, 2005. 

6 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

7 For constructing, altering, extending and improving 

8 any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 

9 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the 

10 purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 

11 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, 

12 United States Code, including planning, architectural and 

13 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 

14 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro15 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

16 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 

17 site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is 

18 $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were 

19 made available in a previous major project appropriation, 

20 $274,690,000, to remain available until expended, of 

21 which $173,000,000 shall be for Capital Asset Realign22 ment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities; and of 

23 which $10,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as 

24 provided in 41 U.S.C. 612 for claims paid for contract 

25 disputes: Provided, That except for advance planning ac26 tivities, including needs assessments which may or may 
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1 not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset 

2 management related activities, such as portfolio develop3 ment and management activities, and investment strategy 

4 studies funded through the advance planning fund and the 

5 planning and design activities funded through the design 

6 fund and CARES funds, including needs assessments 

7 which may or may not lead to capital investments, none 

8 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used 

9 for any project which has not been approved by the Con10 gress in the budgetary process: Provided further, That 

11 funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 2004, 

12 for each approved project (except those for CARES activi13 ties referenced above) shall be obligated: (1) by the award14 ing of a construction documents contract by September 

15 30, 2004; and (2) by the awarding of a construction con16 tract by September 30, 2004: Provided further, That the 

17 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly report in 

18 writing to the Committees on Appropriations any ap19 proved major construction project in which obligations are 

20 not incurred within the time limitations established above: 

21 Provided further, That no funds from any other account 

22 except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obligated for 

23 constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project 

24 which was approved in the budget process and funded in 

25 this account until one year after substantial completion 
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1 and beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veterans 

2 Affairs of the project or any part thereof with respect to 

3 that part only. 

4 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

5 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

6 any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 

7 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning 

8 and assessments of needs which may lead to capital invest9 ments, architectural and engineering services, mainte10 nance or guarantee period services costs associated with 

11 equipment guarantees provided under the project, services 

12 of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage sys13 tem construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of 

14 the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 

15 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 

16 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a 

17 project is less than $4,000,000, $252,144,000, to remain 

18 available until expended, along with unobligated balances 

19 of previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations 

20 which are hereby made available for any project where the 

21 estimated cost is less than $4,000,000, of which 

22 $35,000,000 shall be for Capital Asset Realignment for 

23 Enhanced Services (CARES) activities: Provided, That 

24 from amounts appropriated under this heading, additional 

25 amounts may be used for CARES activities upon notifica26 tion of and approval by the Committees on Appropria-
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1 tions: Provided further, That funds in this account shall 

2 be available for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facili3 ties under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Depart4 ment which are necessary because of loss or damage 

5 caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) 

6 temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize 

7 further loss by such causes. 

8 PARKING REVOLVING FUND

9 For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 

10 U.S.C. 8109, income from fees collected, to remain avail11 able until expended, which shall be available for all author12 ized expenses except operations and maintenance costs, 

13 which will be funded from ‘‘Medical facilities’’. 

14 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

15 FACILITIES

16 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

17 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re18 model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and 

19 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 

20 to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131–8137, 

21 $102,100,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS

23 CEMETERIES

24 For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, 

25 or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by 
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1 38 U.S.C. 2408, $32,000,000, to remain available until 

2 expended. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2004 for 

6 ‘‘Compensation, pension and burial benefits’’, ‘‘Readjust7 ment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ 

8 may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appro9 priations. 

10 SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Depart11 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2004 for salaries 

12 and expenses shall be available for services authorized by 

13 5 U.S.C. 3109 hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of 

14 a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances 

15 therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902. 

16 SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the De17 partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations 

18 for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor 

19 projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be 

20 available for the purchase of any site for or toward the 

21 construction of any new hospital or home. 

22 SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the De23 partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos24 pitalization or examination of any persons (except bene25 ficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits 
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1 to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 

2 5 U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless re3 imbursement of cost is made to the Medical care collec4 tions fund account at such rates as may be fixed by the 

5 Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

6 SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart7 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2004 for ‘‘Com8 pensation, pension and burial benefits’’, ‘‘Readjustment 

9 benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall 

10 be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations 

11 required to be recorded by law against the corresponding 

12 prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 

13 2003. 

14 SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the 

15 Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2004 shall 

16 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

17 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X 

18 of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 

19 100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust 

20 fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation, 

21 pension and burial benefits’’. 

22 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, during fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of Veterans 

24 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

25 Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insur-
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1 ance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Gov2 ernment Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reim3 burse the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account for the 

4 cost of administration of the insurance programs financed 

5 through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement 

6 shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated 

7 in an insurance program in fiscal year 2004 that are avail8 able for dividends in that program after claims have been 

9 paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set 

10 aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administration 

11 of an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus 

12 earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement 

13 shall be made only to the extent of such surplus earnings: 

14 Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine the 

15 cost of administration for fiscal year 2004 which is prop16 erly allocable to the provision of each insurance program 

17 and to the provision of any total disability income insur18 ance included in such insurance program. 

19 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall continue the 

21 Franchise Fund pilot program authorized to be estab22 lished by section 403 of Public Law 103–356 until Octo23 ber 1, 2004: Provided, That the Franchise Fund, estab24 lished by title I of Public Law 104–204 to finance the 
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1 operations of the Franchise Fund pilot program, shall con2 tinue until October 1, 2004. 

3 SEC. 109. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

4 lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in5 curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro6 viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur7 ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 

8 SEC. 110. Funds available in any Department of Vet9 erans Affairs appropriation for fiscal year 2004 or funds 

10 for salaries and other administrative expenses shall also 

11 be available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage12 ment and the Office of Employment Discrimination Com13 plaint Adjudication for all services provided at rates which 

14 will recover actual costs but not exceed $29,318,000 for 

15 the Office of Resolution Management and $3,010,000 for 

16 the Office of Employment and Discrimination Complaint 

17 Adjudication: Provided, That payments may be made in 

18 advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 

19 costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be 

20 credited to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ for use by the 

21 office that provided the service. 

22 SEC. 111. No appropriations in this Act for the De23 partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available to enter 

24 into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual 

25 rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary submits 
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1 a report which the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 Congress approve within 30 days following the date on 

3 which the report is received. 

4 SEC. 112. No appropriations in this Act for the De5 partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos6 pitalization or treatment of any person by reason of eligi7 bility under section 1710(a)(3) of title 38, United States 

8 Code, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary 

9 of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may 

10 require—

11 (1) current, accurate third-party reimbursement 

12 information for purposes of section 1729 of such 

13 title; and 

14 (2) annual income information for purposes of 

15 section 1722 of such title. 

16 SEC. 113. Of the amounts provided in this Act, 

17 $25,000,000 shall be for information technology initiatives 

18 to support the enterprise architecture of the Department 

19 of Veterans Affairs. 

20 SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

21 to implement sections 2 and 5 of Public Law 107–287. 

22 SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may establish a pri24 ority for treatment for veterans who have service-con-
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1 nected disability, who are lower-income veterans, or who 

2 have special needs. 

3 SEC. 116. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

4 conduct by contract a program of recovery audits for the 

5 fee basis and other medical services contracts with respect 

6 to payments for hospital care. Notwithstanding section 

7 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, amounts col8 lected, by setoff or otherwise, as the result of such audits 

9 shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the 

10 purposes for which funds are appropriated under ‘‘Medical 

11 services for priority 7–8 veterans’’ and the purposes of 

12 paying a contractor a percent of the amount collected as 

13 a result of an audit carried out by the contractor. 

14 (b) All amounts so collected under subsection (a) with 

15 respect to a designated health care region (as that term 

16 is defined in section 1729A(d)(2) of title 38, United States 

17 Code) shall be allocated, net of payments to the con18 tractor, to that region. 

19 SEC. 117. Amounts made available for Medical Serv20 ices are available—

21 (1) for furnishing veterans provided Medical 

22 Services with recreational facilities, supplies, and 

23 equipment; and 
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1 (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 

2 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

3 beneficiaries receiving care in the department.

4 SEC. 118. Balances in excess of $1,500,000,000 in 

5 the Medical Care Collections Fund as of August 1, 2004 

6 shall be transferred to ‘‘Medical services for priority 7–

7 8 veterans’’ for the purposes under that heading to be 

8 available until expended. 

9 SEC. 119. Amounts made available for fiscal year 

10 2004 under the ‘‘Medical services for priority 1–6 vet11 erans’’ and ‘‘Medical services for priority 7–8 veterans’’ 

12 accounts may be transferred between either account to the 

13 extent necessary to implement the restructuring of the 

14 Veterans Health Administration accounts after notice of 

15 the amount and purpose of the transfer is provided to the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

17 of Representatives and a period of 30 days has elapsed: 

18 Provided, That the limitation on transfers is ten percent 

19 in fiscal year 2004. 

20 SEC. 120. The Department of Veterans Affairs med21 ical center in Houston, Texas, shall after the date of the 

22 enactment of this Act be known as designated as the ‘‘Mi23 chael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Med24 ical Center’’. Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 

25 document, record, or other paper of the United States to 
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1 such medical center shall be considered to be a reference 

2 to the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Af3 fairs Medical Center.

4 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

5 URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

6 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

7 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 For activities and assistance under the United States 

10 Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 

11 seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

12 $18,430,606,000, and amounts that are recaptured in this 

13 account, to remain available until expended: Provided,

14 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

15 $14,230,606,000 and the aforementioned recaptures shall 

16 be available on October 1, 2003 and $4,200,000,000 shall 

17 be available on October 1, 2004: Provided further, That 

18 amounts made available under this heading are provided 

19 as follows: 

20 (1) $16,295,578,000 for expiring or termi21 nating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (in22 cluding section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), 

23 for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 

24 contracts, for contracts entered into pursuant to sec25 tion 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist26 ance Act, for the renewal of section 8 contracts for 
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1 units in projects that are subject to approved plans 

2 of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing 

3 Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Hous4 ing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 

5 of 1990, and for renewals of expiring section 8 ten6 ant-based annual contributions contracts (including 

7 amendments and renewals of enhanced vouchers 

8 under any provision of law authorizing such assist9 ance under section 8(t) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 1437f(t))): Provided, That notwithstanding any 

11 other provision of law, the Secretary shall renew ex12 piring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions 

13 contracts for each public housing agency, (including 

14 for agencies participating in the Moving to Work 

15 demonstration, unit months representing section 8 

16 tenant-based assistance funds committed by the pub17 lic housing agency for specific purposes, other than 

18 reserves, that are authorized pursuant to any agree19 ment and conditions entered into under such dem20 onstration, and utilized in compliance with any ap21 plicable program obligation deadlines) based on the 

22 total number of unit months which were under lease 

23 as reported on the most recent end-of-year financial 

24 statement submitted by the public housing agency to 

25 the Department, adjusted by such additional infor-
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1 mation submitted by the public housing agency to 

2 the Secretary which the Secretary determines to be 

3 timely and reliable regarding the total number of 

4 unit months under lease at the time of renewal of 

5 the annual contributions contract, and by applying 

6 an inflation factor based on local or regional factors 

7 to the actual per unit cost as reported on such state8 ment: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

9 available in this paragraph may be used to support 

10 a total number of unit months under lease which ex11 ceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of 

12 units under contract; 

13 (2) $568,503,000 for a central fund to be allo14 cated by the Secretary for amendments to section 8 

15 tenant-based annual contributions contracts for such 

16 purposes set forth in this paragraph: Provided, That 

17 subject to the following proviso, the Secretary may 

18 use amounts made available in such fund, as nec19 essary, for contract amendments resulting from a 

20 significant increase in the per unit cost of vouchers 

21 or an increase in the total number of unit months 

22 under lease as compared to the per unit cost or the 

23 total number of unit months provided for by the an24 nual contributions contract: Provided further, That if 

25 a public housing agency, at any point in time during 
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1 their fiscal year, has obligated the amounts made 

2 available to such agency pursuant to paragraph (1) 

3 under this heading for the renewal of expiring sec4 tion 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts, 

5 and if such agency has expended fifty percent of the 

6 amounts available to such agency in its annual con7 tributions contract reserve account, the Secretary 

8 shall make available such amounts as are necessary 

9 from amounts available from such central fund to 

10 fund amendments under the preceding proviso with11 in thirty days of a request from such agency: Pro12 vided further, That none of the funds made available 

13 in this paragraph may be used to support a total 

14 number of unit months under lease which exceeds a 

15 public housing agency’s authorized level of units 

16 under contract: Provided further, That the Secretary 

17 shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on 

18 Appropriations of the House and the Senate on the 

19 obligation of funds provided in this paragraph in ac20 cordance with the directions specified in the report 

21 accompanying this Act; 

22 (3) $206,495,100 for section 8 rental assistance 

23 for relocation and replacement of housing units that 

24 are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni25 bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
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1 of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section 

2 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

3 unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 

4 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

5 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu6 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu7 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 

8 of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 

9 of the Act (42 U.S.C.1437f(t)), and tenant protec10 tion assistance, including replacement and relocation 

11 assistance; 

12 (4) $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coor13 dinators under section 23 of the Act; 

14 (5) not to exceed $1,209,020,000 for adminis15 trative and other expenses of public housing agencies 

16 in administering the section 8 tenant-based rental 

17 assistance program: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

18 any other provision of law or regulation, the Sec19 retary shall allocate funds provided in this para20 graph among public housing agencies in a manner 

21 prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 

22 none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 

23 Act may be used to supplement the amounts pro24 vided in this paragraph: Provided further, That, 

25 hereafter, the Secretary shall recapture any funds 
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1 provided under this heading in this Act or any other 

2 Act for administrative fees and other expenses from 

3 a public housing agency which are in excess of the 

4 amounts expended by such agency for the section 8 

5 tenant-based rental assistance program and not oth6 erwise needed to maintain an administrative fee re7 serve account balance of not to exceed five percent: 

8 Provided further, That all such administrative fee 

9 amounts provided under this paragraph shall be only 

10 for activities directly related to the provision of rent11 al assistance under section 8; 

12 (6) $100,000,000 for contract administrators 

13 for section 8 project-based assistance; and 

14 (7) not less than $3,010,000 shall be trans15 ferred to the Working Capital Fund for the develop16 ment of and modifications to information technology 

17 systems which serve programs or activities under 

18 ‘‘Public and Indian Housing’’: Provided, That the 

19 Secretary may transfer up to 15 percent of funds 

20 provided under paragraphs (1), (2) or (5), herein to 

21 paragraphs (1) or (2), if the Secretary determines 

22 that such action is necessary because the funding 

23 provided under one such paragraph otherwise would 

24 be depleted and as a result, the maximum utilization 

25 of section 8 tenant-based assistance with the funds 
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1 appropriated for this purpose by this Act would not 

2 be feasible: Provided further, That prior to under3 taking the transfer of funds in excess of 10 percent 

4 from any paragraph pursuant to the previous pro5 viso, the Secretary shall notify the Chairman and 

6 Ranking Member of the Subcommittees on Veterans 

7 Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

8 Independent Agencies of the Committees on Appro9 priations of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Senate and shall not transfer any such funds until 

11 30 days after such notification: Provided further,

12 That incremental vouchers previously made available 

13 under this heading for non-elderly disabled families 

14 shall, to the extent practicable, continue to be pro15 vided to non-elderly disabled families upon turnover: 

16 Provided further, That $1,372,000,000 is rescinded 

17 from unobligated balances remaining from funds ap18 propriated to the Department of Housing and Urban 

19 Development under this heading or the heading 

20 ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted housing’’ or any 

21 other heading for fiscal year 2003 and prior years, 

22 to be effected by the Secretary no later than Sep23 tember 30, 2004: Provided further, That any such 

24 balances governed by reallocation provisions under 

25 the statute authorizing the program for which the 
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1 funds were originally appropriated shall be available 

2 for the rescission: Provided further, That any obli3 gated balances of contract authority from fiscal year 

4 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be 

5 cancelled. 

6 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

9 carry out capital and management activities for public 

10 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

11 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 

12 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,712,255,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the 

14 total amount provided under this heading, in addition to 

15 amounts otherwise allocated under this heading, 

16 $429,000,000 shall be allocated for such capital and man17 agement activities only among public housing agencies 

18 that have obligated all assistance for the agency for fiscal 

19 years 2001 and 2002 made available under this same 

20 heading in accordance with the requirements under para21 graphs (1) and (2) of section 9(j) of such Act: Provided 

22 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law 

23 or regulation, during fiscal year 2004, the Secretary may 

24 not delegate to any Department official other than the 

25 Deputy Secretary any authority under paragraph (2) of 

26 such section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
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1 ods under such section for obligation of amounts made 

2 available for fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 

3 2003, or 2004: Provided further, That with respect to any 

4 amounts made available under the Public Housing Capital 

5 Fund for fiscal year 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, or 

6 2004 that remain unobligated in violation of paragraph 

7 (1) of such section 9(j) or unexpended in violation of para8 graph (5)(A) of such section 9(j), the Secretary shall re9 capture any such amounts and reallocate such amounts 

10 among public housing agencies determined under section 

11 6(j) of the Act to be high-performing: Provided further,

12 That for purposes of this heading, the term ‘‘obligate’’ 

13 means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are 

14 subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, 

15 immediately or in the future: Provided further, That if the 

16 Secretary issues a regulation for effect implementing sec17 tion 9(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

18 U.S.C. 1437g(j)), the first and third provisos under this 

19 heading shall cease to be effective: Provided further, That 

20 of the total amount provided under this heading, up to 

21 $51,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under sec22 tion 9(h) of such Act, of which $13,000,000 shall be for 

23 the provision of remediation services to public housing 

24 agencies identified as ‘‘troubled’’ under the Section 8 

25 Management Assessment Program and for surveys used 
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1 to calculate local Fair Market Rents and assess housing 

2 conditions in connection with rental assistance under sec3 tion 8 of the Act: Provided further, That of the total 

4 amount provided under this heading, up to $500,000 shall 

5 be for lease adjustments to section 23 projects, and no 

6 less than $10,610,000 shall be transferred to the Working 

7 Capital Fund for the development of and modifications to 

8 information technology systems which serve programs or 

9 activities under ‘‘Public and Indian housing’’: Provided 

10 further, That no funds may be used under this heading 

11 for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United 

12 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided fur13 ther, That of the total amount provided under this head14 ing, up to $40,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary 

15 of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to 

16 public housing agencies for emergency capital needs re17 sulting from emergencies and natural disasters in fiscal 

18 year 2004: Provided further, That of the total amount pro19 vided under this heading, $55,000,000 shall be for sup20 portive services, service coordinators and congregate serv21 ices as authorized by section 34 of the Act and the Native 

22 American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

23 of 1996. 

24 The first proviso under this heading in the Depart25 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
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1 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2 2003, is amended by striking ‘‘1998, 1999’’. 

3 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

4 For 2004 payments to public housing agencies for the 

5 operation and management of public housing, as author6 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

7 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,600,000,000: 

8 Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 

9 heading, $10,000,000 shall be for programs, as deter10 mined appropriate by the Attorney General, which assist 

11 in the investigation, prosecution, and prevention of violent 

12 crimes and drug offenses in public and federally-assisted 

13 low-income housing, including Indian housing, which shall 

14 be administered by the Department of Justice through a 

15 reimbursable agreement with the Department of Housing 

16 and Urban Development: Provided further, That no funds 

17 may be used under this heading for the purposes specified 

18 in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 

19 as amended: Provided further, That in 2004 and hereafter, 

20 no amounts provided under this heading may be used for 

21 payments to public housing agencies for the costs of oper22 ation and management of public housing in any year prior 

23 to the current year. 
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1 REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC

2 HOUSING (HOPE VI)

3 For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 

4 site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 

5 assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 

6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 

7 $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2005, of which the Secretary may use up to $500,000 for 

9 technical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided 

10 directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative 

11 agreements, including training and cost of necessary travel 

12 for participants in such training, by or to officials and em13 ployees of the department and of public housing agencies 

14 and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall 

15 be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive ad16 vantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, 

17 unless expressly permitted herein. 

18 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro21 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

22 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

23 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $661,600,000, to 

24 remain available until expended, of which $2,200,000 shall 

25 be contracted through the Secretary as technical assist26 ance and capacity building to be used by the National 
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1 American Indian Housing Council in support of the imple2 mentation of NAHASDA; of which $5,000,000 shall be 

3 to support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract 

4 expertise, training, and technical assistance in the train5 ing, oversight, and management of Indian housing and 

6 tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for re7 lated travel; and of which no less than $2,720,000 shall 

8 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for develop9 ment of and modifications to information technology sys10 tems which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Public and 

11 Indian housing’’: Provided, That of the amount provided 

12 under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be made available 

13 for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as 

14 authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further,

15 That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 

16 notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 

17 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend18 ed: Provided further, That these funds are available to sub19 sidize the total principal amount of any notes and other 

20 obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 

21 exceed $8,049,000: Provided further, That for administra22 tive expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, 

23 up to $150,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which 

24 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
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1 for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be used only for the ad2 ministrative costs of these guarantees. 

3 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

7 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

8 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $5,300,000, to re9 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

10 including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 

11 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

12 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds 

13 are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 

14 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $197,243,000. 

15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

16 the guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from 

17 amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 

18 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 

19 expenses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of 

20 these guarantees. 

21 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

22 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

25 section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop26 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,000,000, to 
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1 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

2 costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall 

3 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

4 Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 

5 funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 

6 part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

7 $35,347,985. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

9 the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from 

10 amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 

11 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 

12 expenses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of 

13 these guarantees. 

14 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

15 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

16 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per17 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

18 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

19 $297,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2005: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expir21 ing contracts for permanent supportive housing that were 

22 funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all 

23 program requirements before awarding funds for new con24 tracts and activities authorized under this section: Pro25 vided further, That the Secretary may use up to 
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1 $2,000,000 of the funds under this heading for training, 

2 oversight, and technical assistance activities. 

3 RURAL HOUSING ANDECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

4 For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic De5 velopment in the Department of Housing and Urban De6 velopment, $25,000,000 to remain available until ex7 pended, which amount shall be competitively awarded by 

8 June 1, 2004, to Indian tribes, State housing finance 

9 agencies, State community and/or economic development 

10 agencies, local rural nonprofits and community develop11 ment corporations to support innovative housing and eco12 nomic development activities in rural areas. 

13 EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES

14 For grants in connection with a second round of em15 powerment zones and enterprise communities, 

16 $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2005, for ‘‘Urban Empowerment Zones’’, as authorized in 

18 section 1391(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 

19 U.S.C. 1391(g)), including $1,000,000 for each empower20 ment zone for use in conjunction with economic develop21 ment activities consistent with the strategic plan of each 

22 empowerment zone. 

23 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For assistance to units of State and local govern26 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
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1 development activities, and for other purposes, 

2 $4,959,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2006: Provided, That of the amount provided, 

4 $4,538,650,000 is for carrying out the community devel5 opment block grant program under title I of the Housing 

6 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 

7 (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided fur8 ther, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading 

9 (except for planning grants provided in the third para10 graph and amounts made available in the second para11 graph), not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 

12 funds appropriated under this heading (other than a grant 

13 made available in this paragraph to the Housing Assist14 ance Council or the National American Indian Housing 

15 Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) 

16 of the Act) shall be expended for planning and manage17 ment development and administration: Provided further,

18 That $72,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes not19 withstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act; $3,300,000 

20 shall be for a grant to the Housing Assistance Council; 

21 $2,400,000 shall be for a grant to the National American 

22 Indian Housing Council; $5,000,000 shall be available as 

23 a grant to the National Housing Development Corpora24 tion, for operating expenses not to exceed $2,000,000 and 

25 for a program of affordable housing acquisition and reha-
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1 bilitation; $5,000,000 shall be available as a grant to the 

2 National Council of La Raza for the HOPE Fund, of 

3 which $500,000 is for technical assistance and fund man4 agement, and $4,500,000 is for investments in the HOPE 

5 Fund and financing to affiliated organizations; 

6 $43,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 

7 of the Act, of which $9,500,000 shall be for the Native 

8 Hawaiian block grant authorized under title VIII of the 

9 Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina10 tion Act of 1996; no less than $4,900,000 shall be trans11 ferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development 

12 of and modification to information technology systems 

13 which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Community 

14 planning and development’’; $28,000,000 shall be for 

15 grants pursuant to the Self Help Homeownership Oppor16 tunity Program; $33,250,000 shall be for capacity build17 ing, of which $28,250,000 shall be for Capacity Building 

18 for Community Development and Affordable Housing for 

19 LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities as au20 thorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 

21 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in effect immediately be22 fore June 12, 1997, with not less than $5,000,000 of the 

23 funding to be used in rural areas, including tribal areas, 

24 and of which $5,000,000 shall be for capacity building ac25 tivities administered by Habitat for Humanity Inter-
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1 national; $65,000,000 shall be available for YouthBuild 

2 program activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of 

3 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 

4 as amended, and such activities shall be an eligible activity 

5 with respect to any funds made available under this head6 ing: Provided That local YouthBuild programs that dem7 onstrate an ability to leverage private and nonprofit fund8 ing shall be given a priority for YouthBuild funding: Pro9 vided further, That no more than 10 percent of any grant 

10 award under the YouthBuild program may be used for ad11 ministrative costs: Provided further, That of the amount 

12 made available for YouthBuild not less than $10,000,000 

13 is for grants to establish YouthBuild programs in under14 served and rural areas and $2,000,000 is to be made avail15 able for a grant to YouthBuild USA for capacity building 

16 for community development and affordable housing activi17 ties as specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration 

18 Act of 1993, as amended. 

19 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

20 $21,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 

21 that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed 

22 and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest23 ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza24 tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating 

25 or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous-
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1 ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare 

2 reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available 

3 under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with 

4 the terms and conditions specified in the report accom5 panying this Act. 

6 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

7 $137,500,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco8 nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety 

9 of targeted economic investments in accordance with the 

10 terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying 

11 this Act: Provided, That none of the funds provided under 

12 this paragraph may be used for program operations. 

13 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

14 heading in Public Law 107–73 is deemed to be amended 

15 with respect to the amount made available to the North 

16 Carolina Community Land Trust Initiative by striking 

17 ‘‘North Carolina Community Land Trust Initiative’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘Orange Community Housing and Land Trust.’’

19 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

20 heading in Public Law 107–73 is deemed to be amended 

21 with respect to the amount made available to the Willacy 

22 County Boys and Girls Club in Willacy County, Texas by 

23 striking ‘‘Willacy County Boys and Girls Club in Willacy 

24 County, Texas’’ and inserting ‘‘Willacy County, Texas’’. 
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1 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

2 heading in Public Law 108–10 is deemed to be amended 

3 with respect to item number 17 by striking ‘‘for sidewalks, 

4 curbs, street lighting, outdoor furniture and fac ̧ade im5 provements in the Mill Village neighborhood’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘for the restoration and renovation of houses within 

7 the Lincoln or Dallas mill villages’’. 

8 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

9 heading in Public Law 107–73 is deemed to be amended 

10 with respect to the amount made available to the Metro11 politan Development Association in Syracuse, New York 

12 by inserting ‘‘and other economic development planning 

13 and revitalization activities’’ after the word ‘‘study’’. 

14 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

15 heading in Public Law 107–73 is deemed to be amended 

16 with respect to the amount made available to the Staten 

17 Island Freedom Memorial Fund by striking all ‘‘Staten 

18 Island Freedom Memorial Fund for the construction of 

19 a memorial in the Staten Island community of St. George, 

20 New York’’ and inserting ‘‘Staten Island Botanical Gar21 den for construction and related activities for a healing 

22 garden’’. 

23 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

24 heading in title II of division K of the Consolidated Appro25 priations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108–7; H. Rept. 
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1 108–10) is deemed to be amended with respect to item 

2 number 526 by striking ‘‘for an economic development 

3 study for the revitalization of Westchester’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘for the reconstruction of renaissance plaza at Main and 

5 Mamaroneck in downtown White Plains’’. 

6 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

7 heading in title II of division K of the Consolidated Appro8 priations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108–7; H. Rept. 

9 108–10) is deemed to be amended with respect to item 

10 number 877 by striking ‘‘West Virginia High Technology 

11 Consortium Foundation, Inc. in Marion County, West Vir12 ginia for facilities construction for a high-tech park’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘Glenville State College in Glenville, West Vir14 ginia for construction of a new campus community edu15 cation center’’. 

16 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

17 heading in title II of division K of the Consolidated Appro18 priations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108–7; H. Rept. 

19 108–10) is deemed to be amended with respect to item 

20 number 126 by striking ‘‘for construction of’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘for facilities improvements and build out for’’. 

22 URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANTS

23 (RESCISSION)

24 From balances of the Urban Development Action 

25 Grant Program, as authorized by title I of the Housing 
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1 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, 

2 $30,000,000 are canceled. 

3 BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

4 For competitive economic development grants, as au5 thorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community 

6 Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields 

7 redevelopment projects, $25,000,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2005. 

9 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

12 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na13 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

14 $1,939,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2006: Provided, That of the total amount provided in this 

16 paragraph, up to $40,000,000 shall be available for hous17 ing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and 

18 Urban Development Act of 1968 and no less than 

19 $2,100,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

20 Fund for the development of and modifications to informa21 tion technology systems which serve programs or activities 

22 under ‘‘Community planning and development’’. 

23 In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

24 under this heading, $125,000,000, to remain available 

25 until September 30, 2006, for assistance to homebuyers 

26 as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
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1 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended: Provided, 

2 That the Secretary shall provide such assistance in accord3 ance with a formula to be established by the Secretary 

4 that considers a participating jurisdiction’s need for, and 

5 prior commitment to, assistance to homebuyers. 

6 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the emergency shelter grants program as author9 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

10 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive 

11 housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title 

12 IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation sin13 gle room occupancy program as authorized under the 

14 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist 

15 homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the 

16 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 

17 plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 

18 IV of such Act, $1,242,000,000, of which $1,222,000,000 

19 to remain available until September 30, 2006, and of 

20 which $20,000,000 to remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made 

22 available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under 

23 the shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent 

24 housing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for 

25 services shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each 

26 grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 
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1 on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 

2 contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if 

3 the program is determined to be needed under the applica4 ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re5 quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 

6 Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

7 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in8 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

9 social services, and employment programs for which home10 less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 

11 Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist12 ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund13 ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 

14 Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare15 to-Work grant program: Provided further, That 

16 $12,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

17 shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 

18 project and technical assistance: Provided further, That no 

19 less than $2,580,000 of the funds appropriated under this 

20 heading shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 

21 for the development of and modifications to information 

22 technology systems which serve programs or activities 

23 under ‘‘Community planning and development’’. 
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1 HOUSING PROGRAMS

2 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For capital advances, including amendments to cap5 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au6 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

7 amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 

8 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend9 ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex10 piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 

11 term, and for supportive services associated with the hous12 ing, $773,320,000, plus recaptures and cancelled commit13 ments, to remain available until September 30, 2006, of 

14 which amount $50,000,000 shall be for service coordina15 tors and the continuation of existing congregate service 

16 grants for residents of assisted housing projects, and of 

17 which amount up to $25,000,000 shall be for grants under 

18 section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

19 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible projects under such 

20 section to assisted living or related use: Provided, That 

21 of the amount made available under this heading, 

22 $16,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing 

23 and Urban Development only for making competitive 

24 grants to private nonprofit organizations and consumer 

25 cooperatives for covering costs of architectural and engi26 neering work, site control, and other planning relating to 
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1 the development of supportive housing for the elderly that 

2 is eligible for assistance under section 202 of the Housing 

3 Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Provided further, That 

4 no less than $470,000 shall be transferred to the Working 

5 Capital Fund for the development of and modifications to 

6 information technology systems which serve programs or 

7 activities under ‘‘Housing programs’’ or ‘‘Federal Housing 

8 Administration’’: Provided further, That the Secretary 

9 may waive the provisions of section 202 governing the 

10 terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 

11 that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 

12 exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That all bal13 ances outstanding, as of September 30, 2003, for capital 

14 advances, including amendments to capital advances, for 

15 housing for elderly, as authorized by section 202, for 

16 project rental assistance for housing for the elderly, as au17 thorized under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including 

18 amendments to contracts shall be transferred to and 

19 merged with the amounts for those purposes under this 

20 heading.

21 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For capital advance contracts, for supportive housing 

24 for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 

25 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 

26 Act, for project rental assistance for supportive housing 
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1 for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of 

2 such Act, including amendments to contracts for such as3 sistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assist4 ance for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services 

5 associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 

6 as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for 

7 tenant-based rental assistance contracts entered into pur8 suant to section 811 of such Act, $250,570,000, plus re9 captures and cancelled commitments to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2006: Provided, That no less than 

11 $470,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

12 Fund for the development of and modifications to informa13 tion technology systems which serve programs or activities 

14 under ‘‘Housing programs’’ or ‘‘Federal Housing Admin15 istration’’: Provided further, That of the amount provided 

16 under this heading, other than amounts for renewal of ex17 piring project-based or tenant-based rental assistance con18 tracts, the Secretary may designate up to 25 percent for 

19 tenant-based rental assistance, as authorized by section 

20 811 of such Act, (which assistance is five years in dura21 tion): Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the 

22 provisions of section 811 governing the terms and condi23 tions of project rental assistance and tenant-based assist24 ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist25 ance shall not exceed five years in duration: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That all balances outstanding, as of September 30, 

2 2003, for capital advances, including amendments to cap3 ital advances, for supportive housing for persons with dis4 abilities, as authorized by section 811, for project rental 

5 assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabil6 ities, as authorized under section 811(d)(2), including 

7 amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 

8 of expiring contracts for such assistance, and for sup9 portive services associated with the housing for persons 

10 with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1), shall 

11 be transferred to and merged with the amounts for these 

12 purposes under this heading.

13 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

14 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all un16 committed balances of excess rental charges as of Sep17 tember 30, 2003, and any collections made during fiscal 

18 year 2004, shall be transferred to the Flexible Subsidy 

19 Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National 

20 Housing Act, as amended.

21 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

22 (RESCISSION)

23 Up to $303,000,000 of recaptured section 236 budget 

24 authority resulting from prepayment of mortgages sub25 sidized under section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 

26 U.S.C. 1715z–1) shall be rescinded in fiscal year 2004: 
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1 Provided, That the limitation otherwise applicable to the 

2 maximum payments that may be required in any fiscal 

3 year by all contracts entered into under section 236 is re4 duced in fiscal year 2004 by not more than $303,000,000 

5 in uncommitted balances of authorizations of contract au6 thority provided for this purpose in prior appropriations 

7 Acts. 

8 MANUFACTUREDHOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

9 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

10 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand11 ards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), 

12 up to $13,000,000 to remain available until expended, to 

13 be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 

14 Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount ap15 propriated under this heading shall be available from the 

16 general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to 

17 incur obligations and make expenditures pending the re18 ceipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 

19 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made 

20 available under this heading from the general fund shall 

21 be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal 

22 year 2004 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2004 appro23 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

24 $0 and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified 

25 as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2004 appro26 priation. 
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1 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

2 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 During fiscal year 2004, commitments to guarantee 

5 loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the 

6 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan 

7 principal of $185,000,000,000. 

8 During fiscal year 2004, obligations to make direct 

9 loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the 

10 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 

11 $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall 

12 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con13 nection with sales of single family real properties owned 

14 by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 

15 Mortgage Insurance Fund. 

16 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

17 the guaranteed and direct loan program, $359,000,000, 

18 of which not to exceed $355,000,000 shall be transferred 

19 to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and not 

20 to exceed $4,000,000 shall be transferred to the appro21 priation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for 

22 administrative contract expenses, $85,000,000, of which 

23 no less than $20,744,000 shall be transferred to the Work24 ing Capital Fund for the development of and modifications 

25 to information technology systems which serve programs 

26 or activities under ‘‘Housing programs’’ or ‘‘Federal 
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1 Housing Administration’’: Provided, That to the extent 

2 guaranteed loan commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on 

3 or before April 1, 2004, an additional $1,400 for adminis4 trative contract expenses shall be available for each 

5 $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 

6 (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 

7 $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 

8 this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 

9 GENERAL ANDSPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

12 sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 

13 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan 

14 guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 

15 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend16 ed, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That these funds are available to subsidize total 

18 loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of 

19 up to $25,000,000,000. 

20 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

21 loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 

22 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 

23 $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be 

24 for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi25 family real properties owned by the Secretary and for26 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 
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1 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern2 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family 

3 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in4 sured under such Act. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

6 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 

7 $229,000,000, of which $209,000,000 shall be transferred 

8 to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and of 

9 which $20,000,000 shall be transferred to the appropria10 tion for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. 

11 In addition, for administrative contract expenses nec12 essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan pro13 grams, $93,780,000, of which no less than $16,946,000 

14 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 

15 development of and modifications to information tech16 nology systems which serve programs or activities under 

17 ‘‘Housing programs’’ or ‘‘Federal Housing Administra18 tion’’: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan com19 mitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 

20 2004, an additional $1,980 for administrative contract ex21 penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 

22 guaranteed loan commitments over $8,426,000,000 (in23 cluding a pro rata amount for any increment below 

24 $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 

25 this proviso exceed $14,400,000. 
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1 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

2 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKEDSECURITIES LOAN

3 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

6 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

7 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

8 $200,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

9 30, 2005. 

10 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

11 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, 

12 $10,695,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees 

13 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac14 count, of which not to exceed $10,695,000, shall be trans15 ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’. 

16 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

17 RESEARCH ANDTECHNOLOGY

18 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro19 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

20 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

21 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

22 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ23 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec24 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 

25 $47,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

26 2005: Provided, That of the total amount provided under 
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1 this heading, $7,500,000 shall be for the Partnership for 

2 Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative.

3 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

4 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

5 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth6 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

7 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

8 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

9 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

10 $46,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2005, of which $20,250,000 shall be to carry out activities 

12 pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds 

13 made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 

14 the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Gov15 ernment in connection with a specific contract, grant or 

16 loan. 

17 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL

18 LEADHAZARDREDUCTION

19 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author20 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

21 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $130,000,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2005, of which $10,000,000 

23 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec24 tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Develop25 ment Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, test-
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1 ing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 

2 outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 

3 housing-related diseases and hazards. 

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary administrative and non-administrative 

8 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel9 opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 

10 uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 

11 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv12 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

13 $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

14 $1,122,130,000, of which $564,000,000 shall be provided 

15 from the various funds of the Federal Housing Adminis16 tration, $10,695,000 shall be provided from funds of the 

17 Government National Mortgage Association, $150,000 

18 shall be provided by transfer from the ‘‘Native American 

19 housing block grants’’ account, $250,000 shall be provided 

20 by transfer from the ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund 

21 program’’ account and $35,000 shall be transferred from 

22 the ‘‘Native Hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund’’ ac23 count: Provided, That funds made available under this 

24 heading shall only be allocated in the manner specified in 

25 the report accompanying this Act unless the Committees 

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1 and the Senate are notified of any changes in an operating 

2 plan or reprogramming: Provided further, That no official 

3 or employee of the Department shall be designated as an 

4 allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 

5 Officer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment hold6 er has implemented an adequate system of funds control 

7 and has received training in funds control procedures and 

8 directives: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Offi9 cer shall establish positive control of and maintain ade10 quate systems of accounting for appropriations and other 

11 available funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided 

12 further, That for purposes of funds control and deter13 mining whether a violation exists under the Anti-Defi14 ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point of obligation 

15 shall be the executed agreement or contract, except with 

16 respect to insurance and guarantee programs, certain 

17 types of salaries and expenses funding, and incremental 

18 funding that is authorized under an executed agreement 

19 or contract, and shall be designated in the approved funds 

20 control plan: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 

21 Officer shall: (a) appoint qualified personnel to conduct 

22 investigations of potential or actual violations; (b) estab23 lish minimum training requirements and other qualifica24 tions for personnel that may be appointed to conduct in25 vestigations; (c) establish guidelines and timeframes for 
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1 the conduct and completion of investigations; (d) prescribe 

2 the content, format and other requirements for the sub3 mission of final reports on violations; and (e) prescribe 

4 such additional policies and procedures as may be required 

5 for conducting investigations of, and administering, proc6 essing, and reporting on, potential and actual violations 

7 of the Anti-Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regu8 lations governing the obligation and expenditure of funds 

9 made available in this or any other Act: Provided further,

10 That the Secretary shall fill 7 out of 10 vacancies at the 

11 GS–14 and GS–15 levels until the total number of GS–

12 14 and GS–15 positions in the Department has been re13 duced from the number of GS–14 and GS–15 positions 

on the date of enactment of Public Law 106–377 by 21 14 ⁄2

15 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit 

16 a staffing plan for the Department by November 15, 2003. 

17 The tenth proviso under this heading in the Depart18 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel19 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

20 2003, is amended by striking ‘‘the purpose of’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘purposes of funds control and’’ and before the colon 

22 insert the following ‘‘, except with respect to insurance and 

23 guarantee programs, certain types of salaries and ex24 penses funding, and incremental funding that is author25 ized under an executed agreement or contract’’. 
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1 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

2 For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 

3 (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 

4 to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 

5 technology systems, and for the continuing operation of 

6 both Department-wide and program-specific information 

7 systems, $240,000,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2005: Provided, That any amounts transferred 

9 to this Fund under this Act shall remain available until 

10 expended. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

15 as amended, $100,080,000, of which $24,000,000 shall be 

16 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 

17 Administration: Provided, That the Inspector General 

18 shall have independent authority over all personnel issues 

19 within this office: Provided further, That no less than 

20 $300,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

21 Fund for the development of and modifications to informa22 tion technology systems for the Office of Inspector Gen23 eral. 
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1 CONSOLIDATED FEE FUND

2 (RESCISSION)

3 All unobligated balances remaining available from 

4 fees and charges under section 7(j) of the Department of 

5 Housing and Urban Development Act on October 1, 2003 

6 are rescinded. 

7 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

8 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises 

11 Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including 

12 not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa13 tion expenses, $32,415,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter15 prises Oversight Fund: Provided, That not to exceed such 

16 amount shall be available from the general fund of the 

17 Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and 

18 make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the 

19 Fund: Provided further, That the general fund amount 

20 shall be reduced as collections are received during the fis21 cal year so as to result in a final appropriation from the 

22 general fund estimated at not more than $0. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au25 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

26 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
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1 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

2 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

3 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the 

4 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

5 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

6 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

7 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

8 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec9 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set10 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

11 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

12 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

13 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

14 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

15 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.

16 SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 

17 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2003 to investigate 

18 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

19 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ20 ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac21 tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving 

22 or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 

23 or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

24 SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 

25 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
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1 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 

2 this title for fiscal year 2004 that are allocated under such 

3 section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

4 shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 

5 under subsection (b), for any State that—

6 (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 

7 under clause (ii) of such section; and 

8 (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 

9 fiscal year 2004 under such clause (ii) because the 

10 areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis11 tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 

12 2004 do not have the number of cases of acquired 

13 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 

14 such clause. 

15 (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 

16 State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 

17 on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 

18 that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 

19 areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 

20 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2004, in proportion to AIDS 

21 cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 

22 (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 

23 under subsection (a). 

24 SEC. 204. (a) Section 225(a) of the Departments of 

25 Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
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1 and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, Pub2 lic Law 106–74 (113 Stat. 1076), is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘year 2000, and the amounts that would otherwise be allo4 cated for fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2002’’, and in5 serting ‘‘years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004’’.

6 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

7 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo8 cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 

9 otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2004 under 

10 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, 

12 on behalf of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Caro13 lina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated 

14 to Wake County shall be used to carry out eligible activi15 ties under section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) 

16 within such metropolitan statistical area. 

17 SEC. 205. (a) During fiscal year 2004, in the provi18 sion of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 

19 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con20 nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 

21 effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as22 sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 

23 of the State of Michigan specified in subsection (b) of this 

24 section, notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) 

25 of such section 8(o), a family residing in an assisted living 
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1 facility in any such county, on behalf of which a public 

2 housing agency provides assistance pursuant to section 

3 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, at the time the 

4 family initially receives such assistance, to pay rent in an 

5 amount exceeding 40 percent of the monthly adjusted in6 come of the family by such a percentage or amount as 

7 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development deter8 mines to be appropriate. 

9 (b) The counties specified in this subsection are Oak10 land County, Macomb County, Wayne County, and 

11 Washtenaw County, in the State of Michigan. 

12 SEC. 206. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

13 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

14 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi15 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De16 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

17 of 1989. 

18 SEC. 207. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

19 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora20 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

21 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

22 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

23 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

24 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

25 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 
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1 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi2 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

3 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

4 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor5 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 

6 SEC. 208. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

7 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap8 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

9 Development shall be available for any program, project 

10 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

11 estimates submitted to Congress. 

12 SEC. 209. Corporations and agencies of the Depart13 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub14 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 

15 amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi16 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

17 available to each such corporation or agency and in ac18 cordance with law, and to make such contracts and com19 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro20 vided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 

21 carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2003 

22 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter pro23 vided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 

24 agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 

25 commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in 
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1 this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms 

2 of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 

3 Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mort4 gage insurance or guaranty operations of these corpora5 tions, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary 

6 to protect the financial interest of the United States Gov7 ernment. 

8 SEC. 210. None of the funds provided in this title 

9 for technical assistance, training, or management improve10 ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 

11 to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 

12 proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the 

13 costs associated with each program, project or activity as 

14 part of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2004, 

15 HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees 

16 by November 15, 2003 for 30 days of review. 

17 SEC. 211. A public housing agency or such other enti18 ty that administers Federal housing assistance in the 

19 states of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re20 quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipi21 ent of assistance provided under section 8 of the United 

22 States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or 

23 a similar governing board of such agency or entity as re24 quired under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public hous25 ing agency or other entity that administers Federal hous-
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1 ing assistance under section 8 in the states of Alaska, 

2 Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 

3 not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients 

4 of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to 

5 the public housing agency or other administering entity 

6 on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 

7 advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 

8 SEC. 212. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De9 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

10 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

11 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

12 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

13 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

14 information to these Committees upon request.

15 TITLE III—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

16 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

17 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 

20 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun21 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 

22 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 

23 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 

24 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for 

25 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
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1 and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign coun2 tries, when required by law of such countries, $47,276,000 

3 (of which $10,000,000 shall not become available until 

4 Septmeber 1, 2004), to remain available until expended. 

5 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

6 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur8 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amend9 ed, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allow10 ances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, 

11 and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates 

12 for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to 

13 the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 

14 5 U.S.C. 5376, $8,550,000: Provided, That the Chemical 

15 Safety and Hazard Investigation Board shall have not 

16 more than three career Senior Executive Service positions. 

17 EMERGENCY FUND

18 For necessary expenses of the Chemical Safety and 

19 Hazard Investigation Board for accident investigations 

20 not otherwise provided for, $450,000, to remain available 

21 until expended. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

3 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

4 FUNDPROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 To carry out the Community Development Banking 

6 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, including services 

7 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 

8 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 

9 ES–3, $51,000,000, to remain available until September 

10 30, 2005, of which $3,000,000 shall be for financial assist11 ance, technical assistance, training and outreach programs 

12 designed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, 

13 and Alaskan Native communities and provided primarily 

14 through qualified community development lender organi15 zations with experience and expertise in community devel16 opment banking and lending in Indian country, Native 

17 American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations 

18 and other suitable providers, and up to $13,000,000 may 

19 be used for administrative expenses, including administra20 tion of the New Markets Tax Credit, up to $6,000,000 

21 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to 

22 $250,000 may be used for administrative expenses to 

23 carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost 

24 of direct loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

25 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
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1 Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 

2 these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

3 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

4 $11,000,000. 

5 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

6 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

8 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve9 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

10 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv11 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

12 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi13 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

14 exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex15 penses, $60,000,000: Provided, That up to $1,000,000 is 

16 for purposes of carrying out the Inspector General Act of 

17 1978. 

18 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

19 NATIONAL ANDCOMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na22 tional and Community Service (the ‘‘Corporation’’) in car23 rying out programs, activities, and initiatives under the 

24 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) 

25 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $363,452,000, to remain avail-
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1 able until September 30, 2005: Provided, That not more 

2 than $30,500,000 shall be available for administrative ex3 penses authorized under section 501(a)(4): Provided fur4 ther, That not more than $2,500 shall be for official recep5 tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That 

6 $244,352,000 of the amount provided under this heading 

7 shall be available for grants under the National Service 

8 Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of 

9 the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities 

10 including the AmeriCorps program), and for grants to or11 ganizations operating projects under the AmeriCorps Edu12 cation Awards Program (without regard to the require13 ments of sections 121(d) and (e), 131(e), 132, and 140(a), 

14 (d), and (e) of the Act): of which not more than 

15 $50,000,000 may be used to administer, reimburse, or 

16 support any national service program authorized under 

17 section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): 

18 Provided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, 

19 funds appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act 

20 shall be provided in a manner that is consistent with the 

21 recommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure 

22 that priority is given to programs that demonstrate qual23 ity, innovation, replicability, and sustainability: Provided 

24 further, That not more than $10,000,000 of the funds 

25 made available under this heading shall be for the Points 
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1 of Light Foundation for activities authorized under title 

2 III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.), of which not 

3 more than $2,500,000 may be used to support an endow4 ment fund, the corpus of which shall remain intact and 

5 the interest income from which shall be used to support 

6 activities described in title III of the Act, provided that 

7 the Foundation may invest the corpus and income in fed8 erally insured bank savings accounts or comparable inter9 est bearing accounts, certificates of deposit, money market 

10 funds, mutual funds, obligations of the United States, and 

11 other market instruments and securities but not in real 

12 estate investments: Provided further, That no funds shall 

13 be available for national service programs run by Federal 

14 agencies authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, That not less than 

16 $24,000,000 of the funds made available under this head17 ing shall be available for the Civilian Community Corps 

18 authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than 

20 $40,000,000 shall be available for school-based and com21 munity-based service-learning programs authorized under 

22 subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): 

23 Provided further, That not more than $6,100,000 shall be 

24 available for quality and innovation activities authorized 

25 under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 
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1 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 

2 of the funds made available under this heading shall be 

3 made available to America’s Promise—The Alliance for 

4 Youth, Inc. only to support efforts to mobilize individuals, 

5 groups, and organizations to build and strengthen the 

6 character and competence of the Nation’s youth: Provided 

7 further, That not more than $3,500,000 shall be available 

8 for audits and other evaluations authorized under section 

9 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639). 

10 NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST

11 For payment of educational awards authorized under 

12 subtitle D of title I of the National Community Service 

13 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601), $110,771,000, to remain 

14 available until expended; of which $5,000,000 shall be 

15 available for national service scholarships for high school 

16 students performing community service, and $10,000,000 

17 shall be held in reserve as defined in Public Law 108–

18 45: Provided, That the Corporation for National and Com19 munity Servcice shall enroll no more than 55,000 volun20 teers in the National Service Trust with the funds pro21 vided in this Act. 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

24 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

25 as amended, $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep26 tember 30, 2005. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term 

3 ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national service 

4 education awards shall mean any loan determined by an 

5 institution of higher education to be necessary to cover 

6 a student’s cost of attendance at such institution and 

7 made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a 

8 State agency, in addition to other meanings under section 

9 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act. 

10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

11 made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National 

12 and Community Service Act to assist entities in placing 

13 applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be 

14 provided to any entity that receives a grant under section 

15 121 of the Act. 

16 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS

17 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the operation of the 

19 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 

20 authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7251–7298, $15,938,000 of 

21 which $1,175,000 shall be available for the purpose of pro22 viding financial assistance as described, and in accordance 

23 with the process and reporting procedures set forth, under 

24 this heading in Public Law 102–229.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

2 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

3 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 

5 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington 

6 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na7 tional Cemetery, including the purchase of one passenger 

8 motor vehicle for replacement only, and not to exceed 

9 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

10 $25,961,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

12 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

14 SCIENCES

15 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

16 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

17 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ18 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

19 1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund 

20 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

21 $80,000,000. 
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1 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

2 REGISTRY

3 TOXIC SUBSTANCES ANDENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC

4 HEALTH

5 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub6 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 

7 activities set forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 

8 111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re9 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

10 (CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund 

11 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), 

12 as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal 

13 Act, as amended, $73,467,000, to be derived from the 

14 Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund pursuant to 

15 section 517(a) of SARA (26 U.S.C. 9507): Provided, That 

16 notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of per17 forming a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of 

18 CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 

19 other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 

20 including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 

21 evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 

22 health care providers: Provided further, That in per23 forming any such health assessment or health study, eval24 uation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not 

25 be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
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1 CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro2 priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 

3 to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 

4 section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2004, and 

5 existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 

6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

7 SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY

8 For science and technology, including research and 

9 development activities, which shall include research and 

10 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ11 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

12 1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and 

13 related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 

14 allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–

15 5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

16 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv17 alent to the maximum rate payable for senior level posi18 tions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory 

19 equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in sup20 port of research and development; construction, alteration, 

21 repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to 

22 exceed $75,000 per project, $767,115,000 which shall re23 main available until September 30, 2005. 

24 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ANDMANAGEMENT

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1 personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including 

2 uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 

3 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

4 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

5 diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for sen6 ior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger 

7 motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air8 craft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci9 eties or associations which issue publications to members 

10 only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 

11 who are not members; construction, alteration, repair, re12 habilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 

13 $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $9,000 for official 

14 reception and representation expenses, $2,192,552,000, 

15 which shall remain available until September 30, 2005, in16 cluding administrative costs of the brownfields program 

17 under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 

18 Revitalization Act of 2002. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

22 General Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction, 

23 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili24 ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $36,808,000, to 

25 remain available until September 30, 2005. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al3 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

4 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

5 $42,918,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen9 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil10 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec11 tions 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 

12 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita13 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 

14 per project; $1,275,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, consisting of $200,000,000, as authorized by sec16 tion 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthor17 ization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended, and 

18 $1,075,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to 

19 the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as au20 thorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended: Pro21 vided, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

22 be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with 

23 section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the 

24 funds appropriated under this heading, $13,214,000 shall 

25 be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appro26 priation to remain available until September 30, 2005, 
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1 and $44,697,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Science and 

2 technology’’ appropriation to remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2005. 

4 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

5 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under6 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec7 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza8 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, 

9 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 

10 $75,000 per project, $72,545,000, to remain available 

11 until expended. 

12 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

13 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ14 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 

15 Pollution Act of 1990, $16,209,000, to be derived from 

16 the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 

17 expended. 

18 STATE ANDTRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

19 For environmental programs and infrastructure as20 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv21 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 

22 $3,601,950,000, to remain available until expended, of 

23 which $1,200,000,000 shall be for making capitalization 

24 grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 

25 title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 

26 amended (the ‘‘Act’’), of which up to $68,000,000 shall 
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1 be available for loans, including interest free loans as au2 thorized by 33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A), to municipal, inter3 municipal, interstate, or State agencies or nonprofit enti4 ties for projects that provide treatment for or that mini5 mize sewage or stormwater discharges using one or more 

6 approaches which include, but are not limited to, decen7 tralized or distributed stormwater controls, decentralized 

8 wastewater treatment, low-impact development practices, 

9 conservation easements, stream buffers, or wetlands res10 toration; $850,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants 

11 for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under sec12 tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, 

13 except that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe 

14 Drinking Water Act, as amended, none of the funds made 

15 available under this heading in this Act, or in previous 

16 appropriations Acts, shall be reserved by the Adminis17 trator for health effects studies on drinking water con18 taminants; $50,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi19 neering, planning, design, construction and related activi20 ties in connection with the construction of high priority 

21 water and wastewater facilities in the area of the United 

22 States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the appro23 priate border commission; $25,000,000 shall be for grants 

24 to the State of Alaska to address drinking water and 

25 wastewater infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Na-
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1 tive Villages; $195,000,000 shall be for making grants for 

2 the construction of drinking water, wastewater and storm 

3 water infrastructure and for water quality protection in 

4 accordance with the terms and conditions specified for 

5 such grants in the report accompanying this legislation; 

6 $8,250,000 for grants for construction of alternative de7 centralized wastewater facilities under the National De8 centralized Wastewater Demonstration program, in ac9 cordance with the terms and conditions specified in the 

10 report accompanying this legislation; $93,500,000 shall be 

11 to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environ12 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

13 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants, inter14 agency agreements, and associated program support costs; 

15 and $1,180,200,000 shall be for grants, including associ16 ated program support costs, to States, federally recognized 

17 tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollu18 tion control agencies for multi-media or single media pol19 lution prevention, control and abatement and related ac20 tivities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set 

21 forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 

22 making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for 

23 particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi24 ties, of which and subject to terms and conditions specified 

25 by the Administrator, $50,000,000 shall be for carrying 
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1 out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, and 

2 $20,000,000 shall be for National Environmental Infor3 mation Exchange Network grants, including associated 

4 program support costs: Provided, That for fiscal year 

5 2004, State authority under section 302(a) of Public Law 

6 104–182 shall remain in effect: Provided further, That 

7 notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Act, the limita8 tion on the amounts in a State water pollution control re9 volving fund that may be used by a State to administer 

10 the fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal 

11 in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2004 and prior 

12 years where such amounts represent costs of admin13 istering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or 

14 were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted 

15 for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for 

16 eligible purposes of the fund, including administration: 

17 Provided further, That for fiscal year 2004, and notwith18 standing section 518(f) of the Act, the Administrator is 

19 authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal 

20 year under section 319 of that Act to make grants to In21 dian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that 

22 Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2004, notwith23 standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of 

the Act, up to a total of 11 24 ⁄2 percent of the funds appro25 priated for State Revolving Funds under title VI of that 
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1 Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 

2 under section 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That 

3 no funds provided by this legislation to address the water, 

4 wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs of the 

5 colonias in the United States along the United States6 Mexico border shall be made available to a county or mu7 nicipal government unless that government has established 

8 an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which 

9 prevents in that jurisdiction the development or construc10 tion of any additional colonia areas, or the development 

11 within an existing colonia the construction of any new 

12 home, business, or other structure which lacks water, 

13 wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: Provided 

14 further, That the referenced statement of the managers 

15 under this heading in Public Law 108–7, item number 

16 383, is deemed to be amended by adding after the word 

17 ‘‘overflow’’, ‘‘and water infrastructure’’: Provided further, 

18 That the referenced statement of the managers under this 

19 heading in Public Law 108–07, item number 255, is 

20 deemed to be amended by inserting ‘‘water and’’ after the 

21 words ‘‘Mississippi for’’: Provided further, That the ref22 erenced statement of the managers under this heading in 

23 Public Law 108–07, item number 256, is deemed to be 

24 amended by adding after the word ‘‘for’’, ‘‘water and’’. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 For fiscal year 2004, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

3 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ4 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 

5 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro6 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

7 acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree8 ments to federally-recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal 

9 consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist 

10 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 

11 programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, 

12 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award13 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 

14 agreements. 

15 None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

16 available by this Act shall be used to promulgate a final 

17 regulation to implement changes in the payment of pes18 ticide tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 Fed. 

19 Reg. 31040, or any similar proposals. The Environmental 

20 Protection Agency may proceed with the development of 

21 such a rule. 

22 The Environmental Protection Agency may not use 

23 any of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

24 by this Act to implement the Registration Fee system 

25 codified at 40 Code of Federal Regulations Subpart U 
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1 (sections 152.400 et seq.) if its authority to collect mainte2 nance fees pursuant to FIFRA section 4(i)(5) is extended 

3 for at least 1 year beyond September 30, 2003. 

4 Section 136a–1 of title 7, U.S.C. is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (i)(5)(C)(i) by striking 

6 ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2004’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (i)(5)(H) by striking ‘‘2003’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘2004’’; 

9 (3) in subsection (i)(6) by striking ‘‘2003’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2004’’; and 

11 (4) in subsection (k)(3)(A) by striking ‘‘2003’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘2004’’. 

13 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

14 OFFICE OF SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY POLICY

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

16 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na17 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

18 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire 

19 of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

20 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 

21 and representation expenses, and rental of conference 

22 rooms in the District of Columbia, $7,027,000. 

23 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ANDOFFICE OF

24 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

25 For necessary expenses to continue functions as26 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
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1 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi2 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 

3 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 

4 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

5 and representation expenses, $3,238,000: Provided, That 

6 notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ7 mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 

8 one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 

9 advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 

10 exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

11 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

15 General Act of 1978, as amended, $30,125,000, to be de16 rived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Asso17 ciation Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

18 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

19 FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

20 For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Infor21 mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

22 3109, $12,500,000, to be deposited into the Federal Cit23 izen Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appro24 priations, revenues, and collections deposited into the 

25 Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal 
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1 Citizen Information Center activities in the aggregate 

2 amount of $18,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and 

3 collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2004 

4 in excess of $18,000,000 shall remain in the Fund and 

5 shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 

6 in appropriations Acts. 

7 INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS

8 OPERATING EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala10 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

11 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

12 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec13 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the Inter14 agency Council on the Homeless in carrying out the func15 tions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

16 Assistance Act, as amended, $1,500,000. 

17 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

18 SPACE FLIGHT CAPABILITIES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 in the conduct and support of space flight capabilities re22 search and development activities, including research, de23 velopment, operations, support and services; maintenance; 

24 construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 

25 revitalization and modification of facilities, construction of 

26 new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility 
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1 planning and design, and acquisition or condemnation of 

2 real property, as authorized by law; environmental compli3 ance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and 

4 communications activities including operations, produc5 tion, and services; program management; personnel and 

6 related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 

7 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; 

8 purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to ex9 ceed $35,000 for official reception and representation ex10 penses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and op11 eration of mission and administrative aircraft, 

12 $7,806,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2005, of which amounts as determined by the Adminis14 trator for salaries and benefits; training, travel and 

15 awards; facility and related costs; information technology 

16 services; science, engineering, fabricating and testing serv17 ices; and other administrative services may be transferred 

18 to ‘‘Science, aeronautics and exploration’’ in accordance 

19 with section 312(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space 

20 Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 106–377. 

21 SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS ANDEXPLORATION

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

24 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and ex25 ploration research and development activities, including 

26 research, development, operations, support and services; 
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1 maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, re2 habilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 

3 construction of new facilities and additions to existing fa4 cilities, facility planning and design, and acquisition or 

5 condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; envi6 ronmental compliance and restoration; space flight, space7 craft control and communications activities including oper8 ations, production, and services; program management; 

9 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow10 ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 

11 travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor ve12 hicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and rep13 resentation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte14 nance and operation of mission and administrative air15 craft, $7,707,900,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2005, of which amounts as determined by the 

17 Administrator for salaries and benefits; training, travel 

18 and awards; facility and related costs; information tech19 nology services; science, engineering, fabricating and test20 ing services; and other administrative services may be 

21 transferred to ‘‘Space flight capabilities’’ in accordance 

22 with section 312(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space 

23 Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 106–377. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

4 as amended, $26,300,000. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 

7 funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, aeronautics and explo8 ration’’, or ‘‘Space flight capabilities’’ by this appropria9 tions Act, when any activity has been initiated by the in10 currence of obligations for construction of facilities or en11 vironmental compliance and restoration activities as au12 thorized by law, such amount available for such activity 

13 shall remain available until expended. This provision does 

14 not apply to the amounts appropriated for institutional 

15 minor revitalization and construction of facilities, and in16 stitutional facility planning and design. 

17 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 

18 funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, aeronautics and explo19 ration’’, or ‘‘Space flight capabilities’’ by this appropria20 tions Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of 

21 facilities shall remain available until September 30, 2006. 

22 From amounts made available in this Act for these 

23 activities, the Administration may transfer amounts be24 tween aeronautics of the ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Explo25 ration’’ account and crosscutting technologies of the 

26 ‘‘Space flight capabilities’’ account. 
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1 Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized 

2 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

3 the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

4 The unexpired balances of prior appropriations to 

5 NASA for activities for which funds are provided under 

6 this Act may be transferred to the new account established 

7 for the appropriation that provides such activity under this 

8 Act. Balances so transferred may be merged with funds 

9 in the newly established account and thereafter may be 

10 accounted for as one fund under the same terms and con11 ditions. 

12 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

13 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 During fiscal year 2004, gross obligations of the Cen16 tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di17 rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 

18 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro19 vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid20 ity Facility in fiscal year 2004 shall not exceed $310,000. 

21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

22 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

23 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 

24 and 9910, $1,000,000 for technical assistance to low-in25 come and community development credit unions. 
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1 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

2 RESEARCH ANDRELATEDACTIVITIES

3 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

4 Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

5 1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal 

6 of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized 

7 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft 

8 and purchase of flight services for research support; acqui9 sition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $4,306,360,000, 

10 of which not more than $355,000,000 shall remain avail11 able until expended for Polar research and operations sup12 port, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for 

13 operational and science support and logistical and other 

14 related activities for the United States Antarctic program; 

15 the balance to remain available until September 30, 2005: 

16 Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and 

17 materials furnished by the National Research Centers and 

18 other National Science Foundation supported research fa19 cilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided fur20 ther, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is 

21 less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated 

22 for included program activities, all amounts, including 

23 floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for 

24 those program activities or their subactivities shall be re-
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1 duced proportionally and used for authorized purposes of 

2 this account. 

3 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT ANDFACILITIES

4 CONSTRUCTION

5 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc6 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

7 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu8 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 

9 amended, including authorized travel, $192,330,000, to 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

12 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 

13 engineering education and human resources programs and 

14 activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation 

15 Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ16 ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized 

17 travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of 

18 Columbia, $910,680,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2005: Provided, That to the extent that the 

20 amount of this appropriation is less than the total amount 

21 authorized to be appropriated for included program activi22 ties, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified 

23 in the authorizing Act for those program activities or their 

24 subactivities shall be reduced proportionally. 
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1 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

2 For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out 

3 the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended 

4 (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 

6 $9,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

7 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

8 5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of 

9 Columbia; reimbursement of the General Services Admin10 istration for security guard services; $215,900,000: Pro11 vided, That contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Salaries 

12 and expenses’’ in fiscal year 2004 for maintenance and 

13 operation of facilities, and for other services, to be pro14 vided during the next fiscal year. 

15 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

16 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala17 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

18 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

19 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec20 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car21 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

22 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 

23 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,800,000: Provided, That not 

24 more than $9,000 shall be available for official reception 

25 and representation expenses. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

4 1978, as amended, $10,000,000, to remain available until 

5 September 30, 2005. 

6 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

7 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODREINVESTMENT

8 CORPORATION

9 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor10 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

11 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora12 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $115,000,000. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

14 Section 605(a) of the Neighborhood Reinvestment 

15 Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8104) is amended by—

16 (1) striking out ‘‘compensation’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘salary’’; and striking out ‘‘highest rate provided for 

18 GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 

19 of title 5 United States Code’’; and inserting ‘‘rate 

20 for level IV of the Executive Schedule’’; and 

21 (2) inserting after the end the following sen22 tence: ‘‘The Corporation shall also apply the provi23 sions of section 5307 (a)(1), (b)(1), and (b)(2) of 

24 title 5, United States Code, governing limitations on 

25 certain pay as if its employees were Federal employ26 ees receiving payments under title 5.’’. 
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1 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

2 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys4 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

5 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

6 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

7 civilian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances 

8 therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of 

9 passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 

10 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

11 and representation expenses; $28,290,000: Provided, That 

12 during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 

13 this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, 

14 whenever the President deems such action to be necessary 

15 in the interest of national defense: Provided further, That 

16 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be ex17 pended for or in connection with the induction of any per18 son into the Armed Forces of the United States. 

19 TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

20 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

21 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

22 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

23 SEC. 402. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

24 expended—
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1 (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or 

2 employee of the United States unless—

3 (A) such certification is accompanied by, 

4 or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de5 scribes the payee or payees and the items or 

6 services for which such expenditure is being 

7 made; or 

8 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to 

9 such certification, and without such a voucher 

10 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law; 

11 and 

12 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit 

13 by the General Accounting Officer or is specifically 

14 exempt by law from such audit. 

15 SEC. 403. None of the funds provided in this Act to 

16 any department or agency may be obligated or expended 

17 for: (1) the transportation of any officer or employee of 

18 such department or agency between the domicile and the 

19 place of employment of the officer or employee, with the 

20 exception of an officer or employee authorized such trans21 portation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905 or (2) 

22 to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants 

23 to any officer or employee of such department or agency. 

24 SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

25 be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re-
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1 cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re2 search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited 

3 by the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost 

4 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in5 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government 

6 in the research. 

7 SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

8 be used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide 

9 reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant 

10 (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grant11 ee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for 

12 level IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically au13 thorized by law. 

14 SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

15 be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, 

16 non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudica17 tory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of 

18 the Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to 

19 section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 

20 2056 et seq.). 

21 SEC. 407. Except as otherwise provided under exist22 ing law, or under an existing Executive Order issued pur23 suant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of 

24 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any 

25 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are: 
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1 (1) a matter of public record and available for public in2 spection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available 

3 list of all contracts entered into within 24 months prior 

4 to the date on which the list is made available to the public 

5 and of all contracts on which performance has not been 

6 completed by such date. The list required by the preceding 

7 sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall include a 

8 narrative description of the work to be performed under 

9 each such contract. 

10 SEC. 408. Except as otherwise provided by law, no 

11 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 

12 obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred 

13 to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 

14 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for services unless such 

15 executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into such 

16 contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula17 tions promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report 

18 prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval19 uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report 

20 prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from 

21 or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to 

22 such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the 

23 contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and 

24 (B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to 

25 such contract. 
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1 SEC. 409. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, 

2 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod3 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act 

4 should be American-made. 

5 (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering 

6 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail7 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the 

8 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a 

9 notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by 

10 the Congress. 

11 SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

12 may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to 

13 grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office 

14 of Management and Budget Circular A–21. 

15 SEC. 411. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

16 year 2004 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall 

17 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 

18 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 

20 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 

21 to which the funds are made available that the program, 

22 project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 

23 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 

24 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
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1 SEC. 413. Except in the case of entities that are 

2 funded solely with Federal funds or any natural persons 

3 that are funded under this Act, none of the funds in this 

4 Act shall be used for the planning or execution of any pro5 gram to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, 

6 non-Federal parties to lobby or litigate in respect to adju7 dicatory proceedings funded in this Act. A chief executive 

8 officer of any entity receiving funds under this Act shall 

9 certify that none of these funds have been used to engage 

10 in the lobbying of the Federal Government or in litigation 

11 against the United States unless authorized under existing 

12 law. 

13 SEC. 414. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

14 Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 

15 other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 

16 relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 

17 for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pam18 phlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film presen19 tation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 

20 before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con21 gress itself. 

22 SEC. 415. All departments and agencies funded under 

23 this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 

24 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

25 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con-
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1 duct of their business practices and public service activi2 ties. 

3 SEC. 416. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in5 strumentality of the United States Government except 

6 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro7 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

8 SEC. 417. None of the funds provided in this Act to 

9 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended 

10 to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 

11 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of 

12 less than 22 miles per gallon.

13 SEC. 418. Section 312 of the National Aeronautics 

14 and Space Administration of 1958, as amended, is further 

15 amended—

16 (1) by striking the second Sec. ‘‘312’’ and in17 serting ‘‘313’’; 

18 (2) by inserting the title, ‘‘Full Cost Appropria19 tions Account Structure’’, before Sec. 313; 

20 (3) in subsection (a)—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Human space flight’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘Space flight capabilities’’; 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘technology’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘exploration’’; and 
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘2004’’; and 

3 (4) by striking subsection (c), and inserting the 

4 following new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(c) The unexpired balances of prior appropriations 

6 to the Administration for activities authorized under this 

7 Act may be transferred to the new account established for 

8 such activity in subsection (a). Balances so transferred 

9 may be merged with funds in the newly established ac10 count and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund 

11 under the same terms and conditions’’.

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Vet13 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

14 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004’’. 

Union Calendar No. 129

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2861

[Report No. 108–235] 

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 

boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 

JULY 24, 2003

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed